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I think you maybe missed some of the satire there, let's correct the record.
Uhhhh... in that article, it is Microsoft floating the idea of buying Nintendo, not Nintendo floating the idea of buying Valve. If Microsoft is large enough to consider buying Nintendo, they are large enough to consider buying Valve. Like, our shared nightmare scenario is Microsoft owning Counterstrike. I don't want that any more than you do.
This is extremely florid language to describe a for-profit company. I believe the kids call this "glazing" but I prefer the old "giving a sloppy toppy."
Hey that's my line!!
Here, I will show you why, and I'll use Lemmy's own cultural philosophy to make the point. "There are no good billionaires, and there are no good corporations." Until 2016, Valve did not have a refund policy on Steam. If you got duped into buying shovelware, or you bought a game you just couldn't run because it was buggy or broken, you were Shit Outta Luck. Today, Valve has a pretty good refund policy. They could have made this refund policy at any time, they did not need to wait for Australia's regulators to force their hand. But they didn't. Why? Because it cost them money. "Valve’s official standing way back in 2014, when the suit was first filed, was that it had no refund policy, something that is guaranteed under Australian Consumer Law"
Valve is in the business of making money, not freeing you from your digital chains. The Steam Deck costs money. The Steam Machine is going to cost a lot of money. Steam OS as a free downloadable installer does not exist yet. I would like it to exist, but Valve has not made it so. For technical support reasons? Possibly. For monetary reasons, to entice you to buy their hardware? Very likely.
You can like Valve, you can like their products and services, I like their stuff too, I don't begrudge you any of that. Hell I share your complaints about all the other big tech companies, every one of them. But Valve is not exempt from all the bullshit those companies do, because Valve does it too. Defending them like this is embarrassing yourself, you probably know better than that.
Steam OS as a free downloadable installer does exist. The biggest argument you have against me is that they didn't have a refund policy until 11 years ago. A refund policy by the way, which is almost unheard of in a digital storefront. Sure, I read that article wrong And yes, I do believe all companies should be beholden to the law but this lawsuit right now is a targeted attack. I can't believe we're supporting weaponized law like this. They don't charge for their software like proton or their OS, and they always sell their hardware at a loss. Sure, they're in the business of making money but they definitely protect consumers as much as they can on the way to doing it. I don't care. I'll defend valve, downvote me.